Chest of Drawers, ca. 1747, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Japanned maple, white pine, 70 1/4 x 39 5/8 x 21 in. (178.4 x 100.6 x 53.3 cm), Furniture, Both this high chest and its matching dressing table are remarkably well preserved, with their tortoiseshell backgrounds—created by streaking lampblack onto a vermillion ground. The painted decoration, which includes a fantastical dragon and winged swans pulling a chariot with a shell-shaped back, is noticeably different from that on the suite of japanned furniture owned by the Pickman family of Salem
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Chest, Drawers, ca, 1747, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Japanned maple, white pine, 70 1/4 x 39 5/8 21, 178.4 100.6 53.3 cm, Furniture, high chest, matching dressing table, well preserved, tortoiseshell backgrounds—created, streaking lampblack, vermillion ground, painted decoration, includes, fantastical dragon, winged swans, pulling, chariot, shell-shaped back, noticeably different, suite, japanned furniture, owned, Pickman family, Salem
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